Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BISKET, n. The breast; of an ox or cow: the fleshy part of the breast hanging down immediately in front of the fore-legs.Bnff. 1861 W. Boyne To a Robin in Bnffsh. Jnl. (22 Jan.) 2:
You're sodger-like in that red bisket; The colour o't is somewhat tasket.Bnff.2 1934:
The coo loupit the piket weer [wire] palin' an' tore a' her bisket.Edb. 1772 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 69:
You crack weel o' your lasses there, Their glancin een and bisket bare.
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